Catholic Public Domain Version
"Groom to Bride: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my immaculate one. For my head is full of dew, and the locks of my hair are full of the drops of the night. "
— Song Of Solomon 5:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.”
“My beloved put in his hand by the holeof the door, And my heart was moved for him. ”
“My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.”
“My lover thrust his hand through the hole, and my feelings were stirred for him.”
“My beloved put his hand through the key hole, and my bowels were moved at his touch.”
“My loved one put his hand on the door, and my heart was moved for him.”
“My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.”
Bride: May my beloved enter into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees.
Groom to Bride: I have arrived in my garden, O my sister, my spouse. I have harvested my myrrh, with my aromatic oils. I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink, and be inebriated, O most beloved.
Bride: I sleep, yet my heart watches. The voice of my beloved knocking:
Groom to Bride: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my immaculate one. For my head is full of dew, and the locks of my hair are full of the drops of the night.
Bride: I have taken off my tunic; how shall I be clothed in it? I have washed my feet; how shall I spoil them?
My beloved put his hand through the window, and my inner self was moved by his touch.
I rose up in order to open to my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers were full of the finest myrrh.